Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (Oct 2001)

Ethical standards for the occupational health-nursing practitioner regarding the HIV positive person in the workplace

  • M Otto,
  • A C Botes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v6i1.53
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 3 – 11

Abstract

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The occupational health-nursing practitioner often becomes involved in ethical dilemmas with regard to the handling of HIV-positive people in the workplace in that the interests of the HIV-positive people conflict with the interests of the employer. Opsomming Die beroepsgesondheidsverpleegkundige raak dikwels in etiese dilemmas betrokke ten opsigte van die hantering van die MIV-positiewe persoon by die werkplek deurdat die belange van die MIV-positiewe persoon botsend is met die belange van die werkgewer. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.